Oriental Melody and Starry Night DownloadsI've added links to the J and R Music (Oriental Melody) and Circuit City (Starry Night) sponsored full-track downloads over in the Strange Beautiful Music discograpy page. Another chance to check out some of the new songs if you haven't decided to pick up the album yet! Thanks to all of you for your incredible response to the album-- it's really great to see so much excitement about it! Click here.

Austin, Atlanta, Dallas Internet ticket PresalesThese are two shows that will have Internet presales that we've got the URLs for. Austin's presale runs Wed 6/26 and Thu 6/27 and Atlanta's will be this weekend. Dallas runs 6/27 through 6/28. Links will appear in the Road section as we get them, though will only work for a specific period of time.

Hello everyone! A lot has happened in the months since our last newsletter
so we've got a lot of news for you. Included is a brief table of contents
for this newsletter and then a message from Joe to all of you!

In this issue:

* UPDATE FROM JOE

* NEW ALBUM: STRANGE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

- WORLD-WIDE RELEASE JUN 25

- FIRST SINGLE "STARRY NIGHT" AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW

- "MIND STORM" TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE JUNE 24TH

- LISTENING PARTY W/ APPLE JUNE 25TH - 27TH

* CONTESTS, CONTESTS, CONTESTS!

SATRIANI.COM SET-LIST GIVEAWAY CONTEST

SATRIANI.COM AFTERSHOW PASS GIVEAWAY

GUITAR WORLD / REVOLVER

SYNTHESIS.NET CONTEST

* TOUR DATES (EUROPEAN AND U.S.)

* OTHER RECENT NEWS

- NEW WEB SITE!

- STREAMING AUDIO BOOK PROFILES SATRIANI.COM

UPDATE FROM JOE

It's hard to believe the new CD is finished, wrapped up and
ready to go, it all went by so quickly...We had nothing but
fun and good times in the studio, and it really comes through
on the recordings... The photos in the CD booklet will give
you a hint of how silly we are when working on "serious"
music!... But, seriously now, the band came through with
brilliant performances, and the crew worked out all the details
to get it all on tape, or, the hard drives, as the case
was...Check out the new SATRIANI.COM for details on everyone
connected with the latest CD...

Cheers to webmaster Jon Luini for the new and very cool website!
He will be adding features weekly to keep us all glued to our
computers... Speaking of computers, I just noticed last night
that my DVD-RAM drive has its left and right audio orientation
reversed! Strange, huh? Apple is sending me a new one...

I'll be bringing a digital camera on tour this time and I
promise to send crazy on the road photos to Jon for posting on
the site, honest!

Speaking of tours...We have our Euro set list together, but
there is still time to influence our North American set starting
in August....Oh, and yes, we will be playing "Crushing
Day"...Joe...

NEW ALBUM: STRANGE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

Joe's brand new album is titled "Strange Beautiful Music" (SBM) and is
slated for worldwide release on June 25th, 2002. The track listing is
as follows:

1) Oriental Melody

2) Belly Dancer

3) Starry Night

4) Chords of Life

5) Mind Storm

6) Sleep Walk

7) New Last Jam

8) Mountain Song

9) What Breaks A Heart

10) Seven String

11) Hill Groove

12) The Journey

13) The Traveler

14) You Saved My Life

15) The Eight Steps (*)

16) Slick (*)

* Track #15 (The Eight Steps) is a Japanese bonus track & #16 (Slick)
is a bonus track that hasn't been placed anywhere yet.

** FIRST SINGLE "STARRY NIGHT" AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW **

We are happy to report that once again we began offering the first
single, Starry Night, online in its entirety before it was released to
radio via Joe's appearance on Rockline June 10th. Click on the
above URL to the SBM discography page to access the full song streams.

Although we first made "Starry Night" available on SATRIANI.COM on June
9th, it is also over at Epic Records' site for Joe as well as in
their "Artist Of The Week" feature which is currently spotlighting Joe.

Circuit City is offering a special *download* version of Starry Night
starting on June 23rd from their downloads area. We'll provide a link
from SATRIANI.COM once it is available.

Microsoft's Windows Media web sites will also be promoting a stream of
the single this week at various times.

** "MIND STORM" TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE JUNE 24TH **

As further appreciation to all of your support, we've also arranged
with Sony/Epic for an exclusive full-song stream of "Mind Storm", one
of the heaviest songs on the album. It'll be available on SATRIANI.COM
starting June 24th!

** LISTENING PARTY W/ APPLE JUNE 25TH - 27TH **

For those of you who want to hear a little more than excerpts
before rushing out and picking up a copy of the album, have no
fear! We've partnered with our good friends over at Apple's
QuickTime group to do a listening party of the album in it's
entirety which will loop for 48 hours. It will start at 10:00AM PST
on June 25th and end at 10:00AM PST on June 27th.

In addition to hearing the entire album, you also will get to hear
exclusive introductions to each song by Joe himself, giving a little
bit of background into each track.

Starting the 25th, look for a prominent link on SATRIANI.COM as well
as different areas of www.apple.com/quicktime/!

** "ORIENTAL MELODY" TO BE AVAILABLE AS DOWNLOAD FROM J&R MUSIC **

J&R Music is also providing an exclusive *download* of Oriental Melody
from their web site. Again, we'll provide a link on SATRIANI.COM once
we have the date it's available and a direct URL!

We ask all of you fans to help out by calling your local radio station
and requesting "Starry Night" on your station. If they are more receptive
to a heavier song, try asking for Mind Storm instead.

CONTESTS, CONTESTS, CONTESTS!

As you have probably come to expect with Joe, with a new album comes
new contests and Strange Beautiful Music is no exception! Here's a
quick rundown on the contests we've already got lined up, or going on:

SATRIANI.COM SET-LIST GIVEAWAY CONTEST

Like we did in the past, we'll be giving out some autographed
copies of Strange Beautiful Music as well as a tour t-shirt
to lucky folks on SATRIANI.COM. Simply help Joe work
out his set list for the U.S. tour dates by selecting your
favorite songs to hear live. Sometime shortly before the
U.S. tour starts, We'll randomly pick 20 people who have
filled out their set list and ship off their prize booty
to them!
Either select "Edit Setlist" from the form pulldown on the
site or use this direct link:
http://www.satriani.com/perl/2002/edit-setlist

SATRIANI.COM AFTERSHOW PASS CONTEST

We are happy to once again be offering a random giveaway
of aftershow passes for all shows on the Strange Beautiful
Tour dates. Simply select "Edit/Add Show Attendance" from
the member option form or go directly to:
http://www.satriani.com/perl/2002/attend and select the
show you already have tickets for. A few days before each
show the winners will be selected, notified via email, and
posted on in the tour section of the site (just click on
the (a) icon next to the show).

Guitar World and Revolver are putting together a cool
contest. We're not quite sure what it is yet, but rumors
are that it will include something *very* cool. We'll
definitely be letting you know on SATRIANI.COM once we've
got the cold hard facts. If you're anxious, you can also
keep checking their web sites (www.guitarworld.com and
www.revolver.com) for news.

TOUR DATES (EUROPEAN AND U.S.)

Joe heads out this coming week to Europe to set up for the beginning of
the Strange Beautiful Tour 2002. The band line-up this time around is
Jeff Campitelli on drums, Matt Bissonette on bass, and Galen Henson
on rhythm guitar. The European dates will be the "Evening with Joe"
shows and the U.S. dates will be co-headlining dates with Dream Theater
with Kings X opening.

Don't forget to list yourself as attending a show once you have
tickets so you are entered in the aftershow pass giveaway! See
above for more details. And for those who attend shows, make
sure you write up a show review so other folks can live vicariously
through your experience!

JULY - EUROPE (Evening with Joe)

1 Mon National Palace of Culture - Sofia, BG

2 Tue Mont Lazariston - Thessaloniki, GR

3 Wed Petras Theatre - Athens, GR

5 Fri Valle Guilia - Rome, IT

7 Sun Jazz Festival - Montreux, CH

8 Mon Olympia - Paris, FR

9 Tue Serenadenhof - Nurnberg, DE

10 Wed Planet Music - Vienna, AT

12 Fri Congress Hall - Warsaw, PL

13 Sat Universal Hall - Berlin, DE

14 Sun Honberg Festival - Tuttlingen, DE

15 Mon Fabrik - Hamburg, DE

16 Tue Heineken Music Hall - Amsterdam, NL

18 Thu Shepherds Bush Empire - London, GB

19 Fri Academy - Birmingham, GB

20 Sat Apollo - Manchester, GB

21 Sun Red Box - Dublin, IE

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER - U.S. (With Dream Theater and Kings X)

August

8 Thu Dodge Theatre - Phoenix, AZ US

9 Fri Humphrey's By The Bay - San Diego, CA US

10 Sat Greek Theatre - Los Angeles, CA US

11 Sun The Chronicle Pavilion - Concord, CA US

13 Tue City Lights Pavilion - Denver, CO US

14 Wed Journal Pavilion - Albuquerque, NM US

16 Fri NextStage - Grand Prairie, TX US

17 Sat Austin Music Hall - Austin, TX US

18 Sun Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Houston, TX US

20 Tue Florida Theater - Jacksonville, FL US

21 Wed Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater, FL US

22 Thu Pompano Beach Amphitheatre - Pompano Beach, FL US

23 Fri House Of Blues - Orlando, FL US

24 Sat Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA US

26 Mon Pop's - Outdoors - Sauget, IL US

27 Tue Riverside Theatre - Milwaukee, WI US

28 Wed Rosemont Theatre - Chicago, IL US

30 Fri DTE Energy Music Theatre - Detroit, MI US

31 Sat Molson Amphitheatre - Toronto, Ontario CA

September

3 Tue Tower City Amphitheatre - Cleveland, OH US

6 Fri Pier 6 Concert Pavilion - Baltimore, MD US

7 Sat AJ Palumbo Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA US

8 Sun Tweeter Water - Camden, NJ US

10 Tue Oakdale Theatre - Wallingford, CT US

13 Fri PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ US

14 Sat Jones Beach Amphitheatre - Wantagh, NY US

OTHER RECENT NEWS

If you haven't visited WWW.SATRIANI.COM in the last week, you haven't
noticed that we've got a brand new web site up! An updated look along
with the style of Strange Beautiful Music, a re-vamped Talk To Joe
section, expanded band/crew information, and of course information
and streaming music from the new album! Check it out today :}
http://www.satriani.com/

A new book, "Streaming Audio: The FezGuys' Guide", includes a
case study that takes a look into SATRIANI.COM's use of streaming
audio. If you are interested in streaming audio, or are looking to
hone your skills, you'll find this book helpful (covers MP3, QuickTime,
RealMedia, Windows Media). For more info, check out:
http://www.fezguys.com/

Full disclosure: In addition to working with Joe's online activities,
I'm also one of the FezGuys and just couldn't resist the chance to
profile Joe's web site in my book and he was kind enough to allow me
to do so. Mea culpa.

Strange Beautiful Music Listening PartyThere will be a listening party for Joe's new album, Strange Beautiful Music from 10am Jun 25th - 10am Jun 27th (PST). We'll provide a link from the home page on the 25th and it will also be available through Apple's QuickTime site (www.apple.com/quicktime/). The listening party features the entire album (US release) plus exclusive introductions to each song by Joe, so make sure you stop by sometime in those 48 hours to check it out!

New site live!The new web site is now live. There are still a few key areas that I'm still
working on, but we wanted to launch it now so that you could check it all
out before the new album comes out on the 25th. The new Talk to Joe
will have it's look updated in the days to come, and (yes) a new chat
system is on it's way at last! If you notice any problems with the site,
please don't hestitate to drop an email to webmaster@satriani.com.

New Album and New SiteWe're happy to provide the first single from Strange Beautiful
Music, the ballad "Starry Night" here online before it hits
radio tomorrow! /2002/discography/Strange_Beautiful_Music Tune into Rockline tomorrow night and if your call
makes it through, let 'em know you heard it here first. We've
got a lot coming up as the album nears release on June 25th-- a
new overhaul to the look and feel of the web site is coming any
day and Joe is gearing up to start his tour over in Europe.

More tour and album news!You'll note (over in the tour section) that we've now got additional
tour dates up for the US leg which is a co-headline arrangement
with Dream Theater! Also, the new album, Strange Beautiful Music,
will be released worldwide on June 25th, 2002. The first single,
"Starry Night" will be released to radio on June 10th, premiered
on Rockline along with an interview with Joe. Tune in (and call in
with your questions)!

New tour dates!Tour dates for Joe's European leg are now up in the tour section!
Also, a few shows which have become available in the US are also
listed. The full US dates will be posted in a few weeks.

Joe Wins CMA award!We're happy to announce that joe won the award tonight for "Outstanding
Guitarist" at the California Music Awards held at the Henry J.
Kaiser in Oakland, CA. He also closed out the first half of the
show with a powerful double-shot of Satch Boogie and Going Down
(joined by local guitarists Ronnie Montrose of Montrose/Gamma/etc
and Dave Meniketti of Y&T). And of course Jeff Campitelli and Matt
Bissonnette were holding things down on drums and bass. Special
thanks to the fans we saw present at the show shouting out to us!

A's Yankee Game 4/24/02Yes, even though I've got a head cold to end all head colds, I will
be performing the national anthem at the A's game in Oakland
Wednesday the 24th. This should be a good game to watch...Our 5.1
SACD mixing continues, and it really sounds cool. Thanks for all
your comments on mix ideas...Joe...

Joe to play at California Music Awards 4/27/02Joe, Jeff Campitelli and Matt Bissonette will perform a few songs
(probably old favorites) at this year's California Music Awards
(formerly BAMMies) on April 27th in Oakland at the Henry J. Kaiser
Auditorium. If you want to get tickets, you can pick them up at
http://www.californiamusicawards.com/

As promised, G3 has finally rescheduled dates in Mexico for May 15th
Mexico City and May 17th in Monterrey (same venues as last year's
postponed dates). Tickets went on sale yesterday (March 24th 2002).

Also, we're happy to announce that Joe is confirmed to play the National
Anthem @ Oakland A's Opening Night April 1st 2002 at Oakland Stadium
here in the Bay Area, California.

Joe's next new album is entitled "Strange Beautiful Music" and is
scheduled for release in June 2002! Following the release, Joe will tour
Europe in July and the United States in August/September. Of course,
we'll have a lot more information about all of this as it becomes available!

Studio Video Clip...We've got a funny little glimpse into the studio process for you.
We can't give away any of the songs yet, but we hope you like this
silly little tongue-in-cheek piece we've assembled for you! :}
Click here for the QuickTime
movie: /2000/media/2002-01-28/studio.mov

Joe has been nominated for a Grammy award in the "Best Rock
Instrumental" category for the live version of "Always With Me, Always With
You" (from the Live In S.F. release). Also nominated are Steve Vai, Jeff
Beck and The Allman Brothers.

Also, Joe is up for "Outstanding Guitarist" in the California Music
Awards (former Bammies), up against Steve Vai, Will Bernard, and
Jerry Horton. Anyone can vote by filling out a form online at:
http://www.musician.com/cma/
and if you're interested in going to the show, you can pick up
tickets from the web site
www.californiamusicawards.com.

We're happy to announce that an exclusive Winter 2001 Webcast is going
to be available starting at 10:00AM (PST) on Thursday, December 13th,
2001! This webcast features selections from the "Live In San Francisco"
video, never-before-seen backstage footage (including G3 with Steve Vai
and John Petrucci) and a special tour of Joe's studio! Also included is a
little bit of information about the upcoming recording of Joe's next album.

The webcast is presented in QuickTime streaming and available at
bitrates from 28k (audio-only) up to 300k.

The webcast can be tuned in starting at the start time by clicking on the
link from Joe's home page (www.satriani.com) following the link at
www.apple.com/quicktime/ or directly via:

Joe w/ Spinal Tap pics...We've managed to finally get our hands on some rare photos of Joe when
he joined the legendary Spinal Tap on stage back in June of 2001 in San
Francisco. You can check them out at
/2000/road/lwpg.cgi?dir=2001-06-10.
Thanks to Steve Jennings for taking and sending these photos our way.
SF natives will usually notice him up in the pit during Satch shows, so
make sure you give him some space! :}

We are very sorry to have to announce that the upcoming G3 concerts in
Mexico City and Monterrey are to be postponed once again.

Due to the uncertainties caused by the terrorist attacks on New York City
and Washington, DC, and the recent threat made to Americans
worldwide, we
feel that it would be unsafe to travel during this time of declared war on
America and its citizens.

While we are very unhappy to have to disappoint our fans in Mexico, we
cannot request that our fellow musicians and crew place themselves in
any
jeopardy, nor can we expect their families to be favorable about them
doing
so.

We do however, promise that we will bring G3 to Mexico very soon, as
soon as
we feel the situation is safe for all parties involved.

We thank you all for your understanding, patience and consideration in
this
time of World unrest.